Barrel for outhouses



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- UNITED STATES THOMAS W. OARRIOO, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

BARREL FOR oUTHousEs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382.5410, dated May 8, 1888 Application filed November 29, 1887. Serial No. 256,439. (No model.) l

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS W. CARRIOO, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexarand State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels for Outhouses, lof which the following is so full, clear, and-exact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is toprovide a simple and effective means for sealing outho use or other like barrels, which will be inexpensive in cost and simple in construction, and

which will effectually prevent the escape of any offensive and unhealthy odors; and to this end it consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of the several parts as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a vertical section of a portion of a barrel with my improved sealing device attached thereto, showing the same when sealed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my device in position ready to be clamped or fastened. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing my device while being placed in position in the receptacle. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5, showing the squared portion of Fig. 5 is a detail section of my device, showing the clamping screw-bolt and the method of securing same to the clampingbar.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures.

In the drawings, A designates the barrel and B the head, said head havinga perforation or opening, b, for the reception of a funnel or sleeve, (not shown or described herein,) and the clamping-bar E.

C is a circular covering-plate designed to fit over the perforation or opening b in the head B, and having a square perforation, c4, for the reception of the screw-bolt D. Said coveringplate Cpmay be made either of wood or metal, and is made thicker in the vicinity of the perforation c4 than elsewhere, in ordei. to form a substantial' bearing for the screw-bolt D, which is squared where it 'passes through the perforation c. On the under side of the covering-plate C, near its outer edge, it isprovided with viianges, lugs, vor pins c c', which t, or nearly so, against the side of the perfo- A. O11 the under side and near the outer edge of the covering-plate C are placed or fastened rubber gask etrings c? c'2 or other suitable packing material, which serve to make the receptacle or barrelboth air and water tight.

The screw-bolt D is made round at its upper end and is screw-threadcdand its lower portion is squared to prevent it from turning vin the perforation c4 in the coveringplate C; The lower end of t-he screw-boltD is bifurcated, as at d, for the reception of the clamping-bar E, to which it is pivotally secured at or near its centerl by means of the bolt or rivet d. At its upper end the screw-bolt is provided with av nut, F, fitted on the screw-threaded bolt and said nut on the screw-bolt D. A washer, c, fits loosely on the bolt D below the nut F, as shown.

The method of operating my deviceis as fol lows: When it is desired to remove the barrel for the purpose of emptying it or for anyother purpose, it is detached by raising the sleeve that connects the hopper and seat'fboard to the cation.) Then the nut on the topof thescrewbolt is unscrewed far enough to permit one end of the clamping-bar to be passed through the perforation or opening in the head of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 3. The clamping-bar is then pushed back under the barrel-head far enough to permit the other end of said bar to be inserted in the perforation or opening, yas shown in Fig. 2.v The nut is then tightly screwed up, thus bringing the clamping-bar firmly against the under side of the barrelhead, as shown in Fig. 1. To remove the sealing device from the barrel reverse the operation described above.

The object of having the clampingbar E pivotally mounted on the screw-bolt D is to insure an equal strain on each side'of the barrel-head and each end of the clamping-bar.

rationor opening b in the head of the barrel having avhandle, f, to facilitate the turning of barrel. (Not shown or described in this appli- It also serves to take up any unevenness in the barrel-head caused by warping or by one side of the head being thicker than the other. This i entirely obviates the difficulty found in the old style of clamping bar-. e., that the strain was unequal, thus permitting the escape of gases and offensive and unhealthy odors, and frequently breaking the clainpingbar or the barrel-head.

It will be obvious that a receptacle or barrel constructed on the plan herein set forth will eiectually prevent the escape of gases or offensive and unhealthyodors, and willentirely obviate the difficulties encountered in prior devices in this line. Y

Having now described the objects, uses, and advantages of my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, and what I therefore claim, is-

-1. The combination, with the barrel-head B, having the opening b, ofthe cover G, adapted to close said opening, the bolt D, extending through said cover and into the barrel, the clamping-bar E, longer than the width of said opening in the barrel-head, said bar being centrally pivoted by a rivet, d', to the lower end of said bolt D, and a nut, F, screwed upon the upper end ofsaid bolt for clamping said cover in position, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the barrel-head B, having the opening b,ofthe cover C, adapted to close said opening for the purpose described, and provided with an irregularshaped hole, c4, the bolt D, having an irregular-shaped portion ext-ending through the hole c* in said cover and into the barrel, the clamping-bar E, longer than the width of said opening in the barrelhead, said bar being cent-rally pivoted by a rivet, d', to the lower end of said bolt D, and a nut, F, screwed upon the upper end of said bolt for clamping said cover in position, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS W. GARRICO.

Vitnesses:

JOHN J. STEVENS, MADISON FOSTER. 

